Overview

• A 16-year-old from Xiamen underwent six months of non-surgical therapy from February to August for 16,700 yuan, with a reported rise from 165 cm to 166.4 cm.
• His height returned to 165 cm within two weeks of ending the sessions, according to the family’s account reported by the uth ChChina Morning Post.
• Treatments occurred once every one to two weeks and included leg stretching and equipment said to “activate” the knees, with missed sessions reportedly followed by shrinkage.
• After the father complained, staff told him his son was “too old to be corrected” and offered a full refund.
• The provider has not been publicly identified, and experts at Peking Union Medical College Hospital deem the method unscientific as online criticism focuses on clinics exploiting parental anxiety.